Facebook Groups

There are some very helpful facebook groups that are geared towards Latin teachers and students of Latin. These are mostly closed groups, so please let me know if you need me to approve your request to join.

Latin

Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/151139654975878/

This is a group of Latin teachers who share ideas, events, and other pedagogy related items.

Latin Teacher Idea Exchange

Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LatinTeacherIdeaExchange/

This is a group of Latin teachers who, as listed, exchange ideas.  Often the debates about pedagogy get heated, but there are some great resources for comprehensible input.

Learning Latin

Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LearningLatin/

This is a group of teachers and students with ideas about learning Latin. Often this includes asking questions about vocabulary and grammar.

Classics Confidential

Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/107369449284953/

This is a fun, international group of Classics enthusiasts who post stuff about classics.  I especially enjoy the articles and conferences that are posted by people all over the world.

 Roman Army Talk

Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RomanArmyTalk/

This is a fun website all about Roman army stuff.  I have found posts on Roman battles, especially those of Caesar, and about the armor and weapons of the Roman army during the late republic, to be very helpful for teaching AP Latin.

North American Cambridge Classics Project (NACCP)

Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/137750056237616/

This is a great resource for teachers of the Cambridge Latin Course. Materials, assignment ideas, and webinars specific to the series are posted here. 

Latine Loquamur

Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/198852903462006/

This is a fantastic Latin speaking group!  There are Latin phrases and sentences everyday, which is great for those of us who do not get an opportunity to speak Latin. 

Latine gaudeamus

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And it is not a group, but I recommend following Classical Wisdom Weekly. It has great posts related to the Classics, which I often share with my students in class.


Link: https://www.facebook.com/ClassicalWisdomWeekly

Practing forms: Magistrula

Magistrula is one of my favorite websites. This website allows students to practice their conjugation and declensions charts while getting immediate feedback. Students can create accounts on this website so that they can track their own progress, and teachers can login and send assignments to students who have accounts on this website.  I have been assigning my students charts to do as homework using certain parameters (eg. first and second declension charts, third declension charts without neuter, etc.).  I also like that there is an option for macrons or no macrons, depending on whether or not you teaching students to use them.  There are also sentences that students can compose, which I am just starting to use with my Latin 1 students (with limited parameters for what they know).  I'm very impressed by this website.  It is quick and easy for students to use, although we found that it is a bit small to use on devices other than a computer. I often give assignments on magistrula for homework or as a quick warm up or exit ticket.

Link: https://www.magistrula.com/latin

Michigan War Studies: Battles in Julius Caesar

I have been using this site for years to teach Caesar's De Bello Gallico.  For a visual learner like me, it provides the must needed visual of battles from the works of Julius Caesar. I find that these are very helpful, and my students also often find them to be helpful resources.

Link: http://www.miwsr.com/2008/20080502.asp

Roman Roads: Orbis

This Orbis website by Stanford is fantastic if you want to have students learn more about travel in ancient Rome, such as when to leave, how far away different cities are from Rome, and provincial locations.  I used it with my students for a travel brochure project and a Roman travel creative writing assignment, and I found it very useful!

Link:  http://orbis.stanford.edu/